RE: compound word usage

Subject: RE: compound word usage
From: "Paul Hanson" <phanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:54:54 -0500

Buck the trend. Point out the differences between "setup" and "set up"
and ask them to change it. Use the right word(s).

Paul Hanson
Technical Writer
RoboHelp ACE -
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/robohelp.html
Quintrex Data Systems http://www.quintrex.com
email: phanson at quintrex.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ladonna Weeks

I know that it is technically correct to split "setup", "login", and
"logout" into two words when using them as verbs but I see them quite
often as one-word verbs. The GUI for our new product is replete with
them. My inclination is to let them be since it appears to me to be an
emerging trend of usage in the industry.
What do you think?

Ladonna Weeks
<mailto:ladonna -dot- weeks -at- comtrak -dot- com> ladonna -dot- weeks -at- comtrak -dot- com
314-895-7674
cell: 314-210-1652

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References:
compound word usage: From: Ladonna Weeks

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